A man tossed the drug mamba into Nottingham Prison and will now have to do time within its walls.

Donelle McDonald's action was caught on security cameras and the consignment never reached an inmate, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

The former bakery worker was given a six-month prison sentence when he pleaded guilty to throwing items into a prison on April 11. He got an extra year inside for making a false declaration at Nottingham Magistrates' Court to get a speeding ban reduced.

David Allan, prosecuting, said a parcel was thrown into an exercise yard near one of the wings holding prisoners. It contained tobacco and 15 wraps of mamba, a synthetic cannabis.

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"This has a high price in prison and was estimated at £1,000," Mr Allan told the judge.

He read a statement from the prison which outlined the problems caused by drugs.

This included "reinforcing criminal behaviour, affecting prisoners with mental health difficulties" and others trying to get off drugs.

The court heard that McDonald, 35, committed the other offence when he appeared at the magistrates' court on April 19. He signed a statutory declaration that he had not received papers relating to a motoring offence.

He said these had gone to his grandmother's home and she must have signed them.